By Jenn Pelly on December 5, 2013 at 1:20 p.m. EST

In 2010, Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, both formerly of Sleater-Kinney, joined with Mary Timony and Rebecca Cole to form Wild Flag. They released a celebrated self-titled LP through Merge, which seems as though it might be their sole record. The band was inactive this year, and now Weiss has told the Skinny (via Stereogum/FACT) that Wild Flag is basically over.

By Tom Breihan on May 24, 2011 at 10:25 a.m. EDT

Last year, we reported that PavementfrontmanStephen Malkmus had hit the studio with his band the Jicks and one Beck Hansen. But because Malkmus was busy with the Pavement reunion tour all last year, that collaboration had to go on the back burner. Now that Pavement is once again in the rearview mirror, Malkmus is back on his solo grind. The Matablog announces that Matador will release the Beck-produced Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks album Mirror Traffic on August 23.

By Tom Breihan on March 4, 2011 at 3:00 p.m. EST

Wild Flag is the new punk rock supergroup that features former Sleater-Kinney members Carrie Brownstein and Janet Weiss, as well as ex-Helium leader Mary Timony and former Minders keyboardist Rebecca Cole. They've been working on their debut album with producer Chris Woodhouse, but before that lands, they'll release a quick taster in the form of a new 7" single on Record Store Day, April 16, via Merge. Spoon frontmanBritt Daniel produced the single, which features the tracks "Future Crimes" and "Glass Tambourine". And right now, you can head over to NPR to stream the vaguely psychedelic stomp "Glass Tambourine".

By Tom Breihan on October 7, 2010 at 9:00 a.m. EDT

Photo by John Clark

Sleater-Kinney fans received some very, very good news two weeks ago, when we learned that two of that band's three members had formed a new group. Singer/guitarist Carrie Brownstein and drummer Janet Weiss are now in the new band Wild Flag, alongside former Helium leader Mary Timony and ex-Minders keyboardist Rebecca Cole. We still haven't heard a note of music from the new group, but the fact that they exist is enough to generate excitement.

Wild Flag tour the West Coast in November, and they plan to release their not-yet-recorded debut album on Merge next year. We caught up with Weiss-- also a member of Quasi and Stephen Malkmus' Jicks-- to talk about Wild Flag's formation, the amped-up reception for the new band, and her beloved Portland Trail Blazers.

The band has signed to Merge and are currently recording their first album, with plans to release it next year. They've also got a Facebook page and a few West Coast dates coming up; we've got those listed below.

Some Days, which also stars Shins/Broken Bells frontman James Mercer, premiered last week at SXSW. In an interview with IFC about the movie, Brownstein dropped a couple of bombshells. One was that Sleater-Kinney might resume sometime in the not-too-distant future: "I think we will come back and revisit it. And hopefully that record will be sometime in the next five years." And the other was that she'd been working on a new music project with Sleater-Kinney/Quasi drummer Janet Weiss.

That second bit of news quickly snowballed throughout the press. We called up Brownstein to clarify the nature of that new project. Though Brownstein specifies that she and Weiss haven't formed a new band, the news that she's working on new music at all after a long break is certainly welcome.

Brownstein also chatted about her experiences with acting and writing. Our interview is below.